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In the summer of 2023, reconnaissance Defender Volodymyr Ovsiannikov came under Russian fire and suffered severe injuries. He lost an arm, a leg, and an eye, and underwent 48 surgeries. His Mom, Mrs Vira, has stayed by his side, caring for him and supporting him. 📹️️️️️️: Radio Liberty

Republicans have lost their biggest political advantage: the economy. In July, they led Democrats 34%-33% on the economy. Now Democrats lead 37%-28%. On inflation: Democrats +14. On taxes: Democrats +7. Yes — even on taxes. That’s a political earthquake. Dems should press this advantage hard.

RADIO ARC 101:“NEWSSTANDS, ‘ENDANGERED SPECIES’ LIKE CAFÉS: MONEY LOST AND HOPES FROM STANFORD” by NANDO SILVESTRI SOURCE: https://radioarc.it/edicole-razze-in-estinzione-come-i-bar-soldi-persi-e-speranze-da-stanford/ Newsstands are another repository of humanity and knowledge, in many respects similar to cafés, at least as far as the unfortunate fate that has befallen many of them is concerned. The smell of printed paper, coloured card, variegated covers, surprise packets and cellophane was an olfactory molasses that once intoxicated young and old alike and represented, at the same time, a sought-after destination for daily walks and pauses. Stopping by the newsstand meant drawing upon knowledge, entertainment, culture, imagination and creativity. All prerogatives lost on account of the shapeless and amorphous surrogates disseminated by the web. This is the principal reason for the cumulative and recurring closure of a great many Italian newsstands: in economics, one speaks of a sector in demand collapse. But it is not merely a newsstand that closes; a piece of the local and national economy closes with it. From 35,000 newsstands in 2005 to about 20,000 in 2024: -43%. With them goes direct turnover of over €400 million per year, but the real hole is the indirect economy that is never calculated. Each average newsstand in a small town generated distribution worth €15,000 per year in margins for local distributors, couriers, and printers. Moreover, the customer who bought the newspaper would have a coffee, buy a bus ticket, place a bet. Download the Medium App One must consider that without a newsstand, the village cinema loses its only physical promotional outlet, not to mention the losses in terms of advertising. When it closes, it is not only the newsagent who loses. The café loses, the driver loses, the printer loses. In Irpinia, over the last five years, Avellino has lost six newsstands, Ariano Irpino three, Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi two. The total loss in Irpinia amounts to about 22% of outlets. All this means that many of the closures mentioned above have deprived Irpinian cafés of several dozen customers, harming workers, distributors and suppliers. These are jobs that do not make the news, but they exist. Another hard blow inflicted upon the local and national economy in the name of a false progress that almost always favours the business of fixers and the usual suspects. However, what is happening in Puglia, a few kilometres from Irpinia, opens up scenarios of renewal based precisely upon the reconversion of disused newsstands. These are prospects so unique and innovative as to have aroused interest worldwide, especially at Stanford University. This is news of enormous significance that few news programmes have disseminated, in the name of a perennial pre-emption by technologies contemptuous of common sense, tradition and art. In San Severo, 40 km from Upper Irpinia, a newsstand abandoned for six years in Via Matteo Tondi became, on 27 March 2026, the Teatro-Edicola Foyer’97: six chairs, four square metres, an idea by Francesco Gavino. The well-received 10- to 15-minute shows have piqued the curiosity of Stanford University. Its academic journal, the Stanford Social Innovation Review [SSIR], has chosen the Teatro Edicola in San Severo as an international case study with the reportage “The Six-Seat Revolution”. Why is Stanford watching us? Because it has realised that those four square metres can once again generate indirect economic activity. Indeed, 60 spectators in an afternoon can become 60 coffees at the neighbouring café. With a symbolic ticket price of €5, we are talking about a cultural micro-economy. Not to mention the indirect income from tourists and journalists who arrive and frequent B&Bs and restaurants. It is the model Irpinia needs: not to leave the void, but to reconvert it virtuously. Every closed newsstand can become an information point, a micro-cinema, a service hub. Otherwise we shall continue to count only the lowered shutters, without counting the money that no longer circulates.

Agree w Tom. I’ll stress it’s utterly pathetic of Trump to think of Russia as a peer when it is vastly inferior. What’s worse is that this overestimation is music to Putin’s ears, prevents him from recognizing that russia has lost in Ukraine, and inspires him to dream about even bigger conquests.

The author said they were saddened by news of what had happened at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright and offered condolences to the families of service members who lost their lives. They also expressed support for those injured and the first responders at the scene. #Canada #Condolences #FirstResponders #CA

The author wrote that 33K Poles served in Afghanistan and 44 lost their lives, alongside 457 British, 158 Canadian and 90 French soldiers, as well as soldiers from 31 other allied countries. They said allied solidarity should not be one-sided and that the memory of those killed should not depend on political circumstances. #Pamiętamy #Solidarność #Weterani #PL #GB #CA #FR

Thomas Jäger wrote that the cooperation between the USA and Russia is now open and no longer just covert. As a result, for part of the German parties, which he referred to as the "Putin-Trump branch," the question of whom they should subordinate themselves to more strongly is no longer relevant. #Politik #USA #Russland (translated)

The author said they were deeply saddened by the tragedy at CFB Wainwright in Alberta and offered condolences to the families of those who died. They also expressed support for the injured, the Canadian Armed Forces, first responders and the local community, and said Estonia stood with Canada. #Canada #CFBWainwright #Condolences #CA #EE

Ultras Clips reported that Hamburger SV supporters paid tribute to Mathias Blindbæk Schlüter, a 26-year-old FC København fan and ultra who it described as a driving force behind the clubs’ historic fan friendship. Schlüter died in a traffic accident on September 22, the account wrote. During Hamburger SV’s match against VfB Stuttgart at the Volksparkstadion, supporters displayed a large portrait of him and a banner reading “Forever Urban, Forever Castways, Forever Urban!” #HSV #Fanliebe #RIP (translated)

Ida Gabrielsson questioned whether the Stureplanscenter was allowed to dictate the terms for the entire Center Party. She wrote that the Left Party and C governed together in many municipalities and regions, but that C risked leaving Stockholm without regional governance for tactical reasons related to national government negotiations, according to her. Gabrielsson stated that C had told the media that the party could let V in Stockholm when the government issue was resolved. She argued that C showed greater maturity and responsibility in collaborations elsewhere in the country, and warned that political games could create instability within Stockholm's healthcare. Gabrielsson questioned whether C could build stable collaborations and expressed concern for the party's ability to govern the country together with others. (translated)

The Viennese auction house Galerie Zacke has withdrawn two Nepalese cultural assets due to suspicion of having been stolen art, after their theft from a monastery was proven in 2004 by the initiative Lost Arts of Nepal. #Raubkunst #Provenienzforschung #Kulturgutschutz (translated)